Monserrate
Monserrate is a mountain over 3,000 metres high that overlooks the city center of Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia. It rises to 3,152 meters (10,341 ft) above the sea level, where there is a church with a shrine, devoted to El Señor Caído.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Monserrate
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Monserrate is a mountain over 3,000 metres high that overlooks the city center of Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia. It rises to 3,152 meters (10,341 ft) above the sea level, where there is a church with a shrine, devoted to El Señor Caído.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Monserrate
As a girl name
American parents first put Monserrate on the record books as a girl name in 1953, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1959, when 9 Monserrates were born — ranking #4,300 that year. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 46% of all recorded Monserrates. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2004 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 123 Monserrates have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Monserrate on the record books as a boy name in 1958, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1963, when 7 Monserrates were born — ranking #3,320 that year. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 53% of all recorded Monserrates. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1974 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 34 Monserrates have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Monserrate
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Monserrate. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Monserrate
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- Montserrat
- Monserrat
- Mainstreet
- Mancera
- Mensurate
- Menstruate
- Mst
- Macerate
- Monstera
- Monstro
- Moonset
- Monsteras
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About the name Monserrate
Monserrate is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1953 and has accumulated 123 births in the dataset. Monserrate's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #4,300. Use the chart and map above to compare Monserrate's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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